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Mounting remote SFTP/SSH shares on Mac OSX 10.9

01/13/2014 Apple How To Linux Tinkering 4 Comments

If you’ve always wanted a way to mount a remote SFTP/SSH accessible folder on your Mac OSX 10.9, well now there is a way to get you there! Basically you will have access to the remote share to access files. It will be SFTP over the SSH protocol and fully…

Adding a non-standard WIFI card into an IBM T61 laptop

07/04/2012 Apple How To SysAdmin Thoughts & Rants 4 Comments

If you’ve the owner of a Lenovo IBM T61 7XXX model, and ever tried upgrading the internal mini pci-e card to something like 802.11BGN (N) you will find yourself running into an error that says: Well this error is because IBM added a whitelist to its BIOS, which basically means…

The iPhone Is a Nightmare For Carriers

02/08/2012 Apple In the News Thoughts & Rants No Comments

According to the latest EBITDA numbers from AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon, the subsidies they have to pay Apple in order to carry the iPhone are drastically reducing their profits.

Updating XBMC on Apple TV 2, its easy, if you know how…

10/30/2011 Apple How To 1 Comment

If you're like me and you didn't really look into this much, you proably were left scratching your head, or just overwhelmed with the XBMC forums trying to find something that applied to you.

iPhone 4s adding a PAUSE into a dialstring, making Skype calls easier for your mobile.

10/21/2011 Apple How To Reviews Thoughts & Rants No Comments

If you are like me and you might have some friends who have extension numbers, or simply use something like Skype local calling (a local number, that you can dial to call international using your skype account), you want to make sure that your cell phone supports complex dial strings.…

Confused about iOS5 iMessage? Yeah, a lot of people are…

10/19/2011 Apple Thoughts & Rants No Comments

What I want to clear up today, is the confusion (at least for me and a few folks I know) regarding iMessage. iOS5 brings to it a new feature, the ability to give the carriers a 'BIG F-YOU!' when it comes to gauging users on 'per-text-message' options. Personally I don't want to pay more than $5 bucks for texting, and I don't think I should have to pay $20 per month for 160 characters each. My $5 is a 200 message plan, which is more than enough for me.

iPodTouch (iOS 4) terrible battery life

09/18/2011 Apple How To 2 Comments

Getting poor battery life with your iOS device? Try doing this to bring your battery back to normal. I started getting this after iOS 4 for my iPodTouch gen 4.